An emergent theory of digital library metadata enrich then filter

• Main Author: Alemu, Getaneh (Author)
• Other Authors: Stevens, Brett
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Waltham, MA Chandos Publishing is an imprint of Elsevier 2015
• Series: Chandos information professional series
• Subjects: Metadata; Digital media
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• Physical Description: ix, 122 pages : illustrations 23 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes
• ISBN: 9780081003855

An Emergent Theory of Digital Library Metadata is a reaction to the current digital library landscape that is being challenged with growing online collections and changing user expectations. The theory provides the conceptual underpinnings for a new approach which moves away from expert defined standardised metadata to a user driven approach with users as metadata co-creators. Moving away from definitive, authoritative, metadata to a system that reflects the diversity of users' terminologies, it changes the current focus on metadata simplicity and efficiency to one of metadata enriching, which is a continuous and evolving process of data linking. From predefined description to information conceptualised, contextualised and filtered at the point of delivery. By presenting this shift, this book provides a coherent structure in which future technological developments can be considered.